The Woman in Black: people seem to either love it or hate it, depending on their tastes in thrillers and horror. It’s an atmospheric, methodically-paced, old fashioned ghost story: heavy on foreboding and dread, light on graphic violence. While this kind of horror film seems unique in today’s world of such fare as Saw and … Read more
From the Washington Post: President Obama sang a few lines from “Sweet Home Chicago” with blues greats B.B. King and Buddy Guy Tuesday night during a performance at the White House. Post music critic Chris Richards asked, “Had the White House ever felt more like a roadhouse” and went on to describe the event. It was … Read more
Vampires didn’t always sparkle. With an average listener rating of 4/5 stars, this full cast performance of the original horror classic is sure to breathe new life into the tropes of the undead. From Audible: Because of the widespread awareness of the story of the evil Transylvanian count and the success of numerous film adaptations … Read more
Carnivale is a television series that ran from 2003-05 on HBO. The brief description of the show given on IMDB is, “During the Great Depression, an Oklahoma farm boy and a charismatic minister learn that they are key players in a proxy war being fought between Heaven and Hell,” but that one-liner doesn’t do this … Read more
You’ve probably seen it in countless futuristic films and television shows: a character addresses his computer by name and asks a plain-English question, prompting the computer to respond with a plain English answer. “Computer, what was the average rainfall on the Serengeti plain between the years 2000 and 2010?” “Computer, what is the recipe for … Read more
Maybe so. From the Company Town blog on the LA Times site: Amazon.com has been quietly recruiting game developers, posting dozens of jobs on its site. Why this burst of interest in game design from the world’s largest online retailer? P.J. McNealy, founder of Digital World Research, believes that Amazon is amassing resources to potentially … Read more
Kindle Fire owners have been reporting a problem: their books seem to sporadically disappear from ‘the cloud’ or their device. Andrys Basten over on A Kindle World blog investigated, and with the help of some other users, reports back on a solution. From A Kindle World: THE KINDLE BOOKS APP ON KINDLE FIRE HAS A … Read more
A common complaint among Fire owners is that the Silk browser is a bit sluggish. If you’re part of this group, you’ll want to try these tips for streamlining Silk so it’ll load pages more quickly and display them in a mode that’s optimized for the Fire’s Screen. From How-To Geek: Not that long ago, … Read more